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We’re closing this week’s Green Deals coverage with some major launches and one of our favorite e-bike brand’s next big sale, starting with the launch of EcoFlow’s new TRAIL 200 DC 60,000mAh and TRAIL 300 DC 90,000mAh power stations, along with plenty of bundle options and some extra savings – all starting from $113. Following right behind it is the exclusive early-bird savings (up to $3,150) on Bluetti’s new Apex 300 Versatile Power Station and bundles that start from $1,439, as well as Lectric’s Back to School Sale that is taking up to $654 off e-bike bundles, with many seeing increased packages, like the XP Lite 2.0 Long-Range e-bikes that are getting $365 in free gear starting from $999. We also have Greenworks’ Pro-grade 2,700 PSI electric pressure washer back at its 2025 low, as well as Worx’s 20V PowerShare 10-inch cordless chainsaw, and more waiting for you below. Plus, all the hangover savings at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s exclusive new ENGWE Engine Pro 2.0 folding e-bike low price, Anker’s eufy SoloCam S220 solar security camera savings, and more.

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

EcoFlow launches new TRAIL 60,000mAh and 90,000mAh power stations with bundles, free gear, and extra savings from $113

EcoFlow is launching its newest and most compact series of power stations with some significant savings, starting with the TRAIL 200 DC 60,000mAh Portable Power Station at $113.05 shippedafter using the code 25EFTRAFF at checkout for an additional 5% off, while the TRAIL 300 DC 90,000mAh Portable Power Station is at $151.05 shipped, after using the same promo code – and both are also getting a free RAPID 30W GaN Charger ($26 value) along with the purchase. These two new personal backup power solutions will go for $200 and $250 at full price, getting cut down to $119 and $159 in initial discounts, but you’ll also be shedding an extra $6 and $8 thanks to the bonus savings code – for combined $113 and $125 markdowns (including the free chargers) that set the bar for future discounts. Head below to learn more and browse all the bundle offers.

These new EcoFlow TRAIL 200 DC and 300 DC power stations are the brand’s most compact backup power solutions to date, rivaling Anker’s PowerCore Reserve/C200 DC/C300 DC stations in their portability and performance. The 200 DC model weighs in at four pounds and sports a 60,000mAh LiFePO4 battery, while the 300 DC is under six pounds, sitting higher at a 90,000mAh LiFePO4 capacity. You’ll get up to 220W and 300W output power with these units, with the 200 DC providing two 12W USB-A ports, a 140W USB-C port, and a 100W USB-C port, while the 300 DC has the same USB-A ports but two 140W USB-C ports and a 120W car outlet.

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The EcoFlow TRAIL DC power stations come with loads of protection measures against overvoltage, overloading, short circuiting, various temperature spikes or drops, overcurrent, and more. There are also built-in woven handles that make carrying them all the easier, though with their small designs, they can also easily stow away inside your bag. You can charge both via a standard wall outlet at up to 200W or 280W speeds, with the 300 DC bringing a 110W max solar input into the mix for solar charging.

***Note: The extra savings has not been factored into any of the prices below, so be sure to use the code 25EFTRAFF at checkout for an additional 5% off your order. All the following offers also come with a free RAPID 30W GaN Charger too!

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Score up to $3,150 in exclusive savings on Bluetti’s new Apex 300 versatile power station and bundles starting from $1,439

Bluetti is officially launching its new Apex 300 Versatile Power Station along with several bundle options at up to $2,600 off in initial early-bird discounts alongside an exclusive 10% bonus savings for our readers. Things start with the lone Apex 300 Power Station at $1,439.10 shippedafter using the exclusive code 9TO5TOYS10F at checkout for an additional 10% off your order. This new backup power unit will normally fetch $2,399 at full price once the early-bird savings ends, but you can take advantage of these first-time savings now to score a $960 markdown that sets the bar for future discounts in the future. Head below to get the rundown on this station’s capabilities and check out the many bundle offers also available.

If you want to learn more about this all-new power station’s monstrous capabilities and the many bundle offers we’re seeing during this launch, be sure to check out our original coverage of these exclusive deals here.

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Head back to school on Lectric’s XP Lite 2.0 folding e-bikes with $365 in free gear from $999, more bundles up to $654 off

Lectric has launched its Back to School Sale that is offering up to $654 in free gear accompanying e-bike purchases, with a bunch of models seeing increased bundle sizes this time around – plus some select accessory savings too. One such model is the XP Lite 2.0 Long-Range e-bikes that are all coming with $365 in free gear at $999 shipped, while the XP Lite 2.0 JW Long-Range e-bike gets the same bundle at $1,099 shipped. You’d normally have to pay $1,364 and $1,464, respectively for these same packages at full price, but as you’re likely aware by now, the savings come in the form of the bundled gear rather than actual price cuts on the bikes themselves. We’ve been seeing these models getting much smaller bundles between $100 and $200 over the last few months, but now they’re increasing in size just in time for students prepping for their upcoming class commutes. Head below for more on these and the other deals during this sale.

If you want to learn more about these lightweight models or the other e-bike bundle deals, be sure to check out our original coverage of this sale here.

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Get 2,700 PSI power through this Greenworks Pro-grade electric pressure washer + foam cannon at $360

Amazon is bringing back the best pricing of 2025 on the Greenworks Pro 2,700 PSI Electric Pressure Washer with Foam Cannon at $359.99 shipped. This particular model with the added foam cannon bundle isn’t available directly from the brand’s website, with it normally fetching $450 at full price. In 2025 we’ve seen three previous discounts to this same repeating rate, with today’s deal following suit for a fourth-time opportunity, giving you a 20% markdown for $90 in savings at the second-best price we have tracked – $45 above the all-time low last spotted during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.

If you want to learn more about this electric pressure washer, be sure to check out our original coverage of this deal here.

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Worx’s 6.2-pound 20V PowerShare 10-inch cordless chainsaw returns to annual $100 low, more from $158

Amazon is returning the best 2025 pricing on the Worx 20V PowerShare 10-inch Cordless Chainsaw for $99.99 shipped. It’s coming down off its usual $120 price tag, and is currently going for as much directly from the brand’s website. It was priced down to $104 during Prime Day, with that rate beaten out here today as the best price we have tracked in 2025 – landing it just $11 above the all-time low that we haven’t seen in quite some time. Head below to learn more about this model and its pole saw bundle counterpart option.

If you want to learn more about this model or its pole/chainsaw upgrade package, be sure to check out our original coverage of this deal here.

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The savings this week are also continuing to a collection of other markdowns. To the same tune as the offers above, these all help you take a more energy-conscious approach to your routine. Winter means you can lock in even better off-season price cuts on electric tools for the lawn while saving on EVs and tons of other gear.

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The Tesla Autopilot lawsuit floodgates are open, lawyer who beat Tesla is going for round 2

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The Tesla Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) lawsuit floodgates are open. We are now starting to see trials and settlements arising from crashes that occurred in 2018-2019 as they work through the legal process.

Crashes involving Tesla’s ADAS systems have increased significantly since then, and we expect legal actions to escalate following the groundbreaking defeat of Tesla’s primary defense in a trial in Florida.

The lawyer who beat Tesla in this case is already going for a Round 2.

As we previously reported, a jury in Florida has assigned 33% of the responsibility for a fatal crash involving Autopilot, Tesla’s level 2 advanced driver assistance system (ADAS), to Tesla and awarded the plaintiffs, the family of the victim and the survivor of the crash, $243 million.

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Tesla is expected to appeal the verdict, but it is still a groundbreaking case that highlights a trend in the legal actions against Tesla over crashes involving its ADAS systems (Autopilot and Full Self-Driving/FSD).

Over the last few years, Tesla has been able to dismiss those concerns as it hides behind warnings to pay attention and disclosures stating that the drivers are always the ones responsible in the event of an accident.

In short, Tesla has always claimed that it bears no responsibility if drivers abuse its ADAS systems.

However, things have been changing over the last year.

Tesla recently settled a wrongful death lawsuit involving a crash on Autopilot that happened in 2018, and now, it has lost a trial over a crash that happened in 2019.

In the trial, the plaintiffs managed to get around Tesla putting all the blame on the driver and show the jury that its marketing and deployment of Autopilot contributed to drivers misusing a system that fails to perform as advertised.

We already reported, based on the transcripts of the trial, that Tesla misled the police and the plaintiffs, a family trying to understand all the factors that led to their daughter’s death, in trying to retrieve critical Autopilot data that helped better understand the crash.

Next, the evidence in the case is going to be made public, except for some redactions from Tesla, which is likely going to be of interest in dozens of other legal cases involving Tesla’s ADAS systems.

In an interview with The Verge, Brett Schreiber, the lead attorney in the Florida case, revealed that he is also leading another wrongful death case against Tesla, Maldonado v. Tesla, currently pending in the Alameda State Superior Court, which is expected to commence by the end of the year.

In this case, a Tesla vehicle on Autopilot hit a pickup truck on the highway, killing fifteen-year-old Jovani Maldonado, who was a passenger in the pickup truck. His father was driving him back home from a soccer game.

This crash also occurred in 2019, but it is only now being brought to trial. The legal process takes time, and we are only now beginning to see the legal repercussions of crashes involving Tesla Autopilot, as well as Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system.

With more vehicles in the Tesla fleet and more mileage using ADAS features, crashes involving those features increased significantly between 2020-2025. This means more legal trouble for Tesla.

Schreiber claims to have an even stronger case with Maldonado v. Tesla. In the Benavides case in Florida, the “Autopilot defect” part of the case was more about the fact that the driver shouldn’t have been able to use the system on non-highway roads.

In the Maldonado case, the crash occurred on the highway, where Autopilot is intended to be used, but it didn’t stop for the pickup truck in front of it.

The facts are a stubborn thing. And we get to tell those same facts with a better Autopilot defect theory. And I get to not only juxtapose Musk’s lies in that case, but I juxtapose them with the testimony that I didn’t have in Miami. I’ve only had this case for a year. I worked the Maldonado case from the beginning. And in that case, I have testimony from all of the senior Autopilot leadership: Sterling Anderson, CJ Moore, Andrej Karpathy. And I show them those same quotes that were played to that jury in Miami. I said, “When Mr. Musk said those things, was that a true statement about production vehicles at Tesla?” To a person, they answer: Absolutely not.

Schreiber claims to have testimonies from Tesla Autopilot executives and engineers around the time of the crash that contradict what CEO Elon Musk was saying to the public about Autopilot.

Once these testimonies are entered as evidence, they could have important implications for dozens of other cases involving Autopilot.

Electrek’s Take

Obviously, avoiding loss of lives should be a priority, but I think it’s clear that Tesla doesn’t care at this point. But even from a business standpoint, it doesn’t make sense.

One of my foremost criticisms of Tesla’s self-driving efforts from a business standpoint is that they are a bigger liability than a value creator.

Tesla has clearly misled the public for years, leading them to believe that Autopilot and FSD are more than they are: level 2 driver assistance systems.

Schreiber explained it well here:

[…] there are two Teslas. There’s Tesla in the showroom and then there’s Tesla in the courtroom. And Tesla in the showroom tells you that they’ve invented the greatest full self-driving car the world has ever seen. Mr. Musk has been peddling to consumers and investors for more than a decade that the cars are fully self-driving, that the hardware is capable of full autonomy. And those statements were as untrue the day he said them as they remain untrue today. But then they showed up in a courtroom and they say, No, no, no, this is nothing but a driver assistance feature.

This creates a significant liability in accidents involving people who believed Tesla’s misrepresentation. However, it also poses a substantial liability to claim that their cars have “all the hardware necessary for unsupervised self-driving” when that is not true.

We are likely talking about tens of billions of dollars worth of liability.

From a purely business standpoint, it might have made sense if Tesla had been first in autonomy and taken a large part of the market, but it’s not what’s happening.

Tesla is still far from achieving unsupervised self-driving at scale, while this liability is still building up.

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Toyota’s new EV strategy? If it can’t beat China, it’s teaming up instead

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You know how the old saying goes: “If you can’t beat them, join them.” Well, Toyota’s new strategy is just that — it’s teaming up with China to lower costs for its upcoming EV models.

Toyota’s new EV strategy will use China to cut costs

The world’s largest automaker will tap into China to gain an edge in the global market. Toyota is already sourcing parts from Chinese suppliers to build EVs overseas.

According to Nikkei, Toyota is expanding the use of parts and other EV components from Chinese suppliers for its production base in Thailand.

The facility is Toyota’s largest production hub in Southeast Asia. Japanese brands have historically dominated vehicle sales in the region. However, low-priced EVs from Chinese brands, such as BYD, are quickly winning over buyers with more advanced tech and features.

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In Thailand, Japanese brands have accounted for roughly 90% of new vehicle sales. In the first five months of 2025, Japan’s market share dropped to just 71%. Meanwhile, Chinese brands saw their share rise to 16%.

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Toyota bZ electric vehicles in China (Source: Toyota)

Several sources note that Toyota has already begun sourcing EV components from China to use at its Thailand facility.

Toyota plans to launch more affordable electric vehicles at the hub as early as 2028. According to the company, it plans to reduce costs by about 30% by sourcing parts from China.

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Toyota bZ3X electric SUV (Source: Toyota)

By using local suppliers, Toyota has already sparked hope in China with new EVs, like the bZ3X, seeing strong initial demand. Starting at just 109,800 yuan ($15,000), Toyota’s electric SUV was the best-selling foreign brand EV in China in May, its second month on the market.

A Toyota executive confirmed (via 36kr) that “we also plan to develop electric vehicles with lower costs by making the most of parts from Chinese manufacturers, just like the bZ3X” in Southeast Asia.

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Toyota bZ3X interior (Source: Toyota)

The bZ3X is produced by Toyota’s joint venture, GAC-Toyota. It’s about the size of a Tesla Model Y, but half the cost in China.

During its EV Tech Day event in June, the company announced new partnerships with “car industry bigwigs,” like Xiaomi, Momenta, and Huawei.

Toyota also broke ground on a new EV plant in China for its luxury Lexus brand last month. It’s the second wholly owned auto plant in China from a foreign automaker, following Tesla.

Electrek’s Take

Can Toyota compete with China using parts sourced from the country? It will help, as shown with the bZ3X. However, with Chinese brands like BYD producing everything in-house, including the batteries, it will still likely have the advantage.

Toyota is promising to launch a series of lower-cost, more efficient EV batteries, but that could still be a few years out.

With the new US tariffs on imports from Japan, Toyota is doubling down on local production to minimize costs. It also opened its first overseas battery plant in North Carolina earlier this year, which will power Toyota’s EVs, HEVs, and PHEVs in North America.

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A new patent hints at the name of Ford’s upcoming midsize EV pickup. Ford could be reviving an old nameplate for what it’s promising to be a “breakthrough” electric vehicle.

Ford’s next EV pickup could take the Ranchero name

After the F-150 Lightning, Ford’s next electric pickup could arrive as the Ranchero EV. Ford filed a trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) under the name Ranchero on August 5, 2025.

Although details are slim, the application is for motor vehicles, specifically trucks, vans, utility vehicles, and electric cars.

The trademark, first found by Ford Authority, comes just over a week after CEO Jim Farley said the company would reveal “plans to design and build breakthrough electric vehicles in America,” on August 11.

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Ford is expected to outline plans for its advanced new EV platform, promising to cut costs while drastically improving efficiency.

The first vehicle based on the platform is expected to be a midsize EV pickup, which many believed would arrive as the electric Ford Ranger. Ford has already revived several iconic names in Europe with electric versions, including the Explorer, Capri, and Puma.

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Ford’s electric vehicles in Europe from left to right: Puma Gen-E, Explorer, Capri, and Mustang Mach-E (Source: Ford)

Will the Ranchero be next? The Ranchero was ahead of its time, combining the style of a coupe with the utility of a pickup truck.

Ford sold from 1957 to 1979, calling it “More than a Car, More than a Truck.” Its success actually led GM to develop the Chevrolet El Camino.

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1968 Ford Ranchero GT pickup (Source: Ford)

The company opened its new EV Design Center in Long Beach, California, this week, where it will bring the midsize electric pickup to life. It’s expected to arrive in 2027. Ford’s “skunkworks” team, led by Tesla’s former engineer Alan Clarke, has grown over the past year with former Tesla, Rivian, and Apple employees

What do you think? Would you buy an electric Ford Ranchero? You might be able to soon. We will learn more on August 11 during Ford’s event. We’ll keep you updated with the latest.

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